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ArticlePloS one2017

Unusual occurrence of a DAG motif in the Ipomovirus Cassava brown streak virus and implications for its vector transmission.

Elijah Ateka, Titus Alicai, Joseph Ndunguru, Fred Tairo, Peter Sseruwagi, Samuel Kiarie, Timothy Makori, Monica A Kehoe, Laura M Boykin

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Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Elijah AtekaDepartment of Horticulture, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9408-9285
Titus AlicaiNational Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI), Kampala, Uganda.
Joseph NdunguruMikocheni Agricultural Research Institute (MARI), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9007-449X
Fred TairoMikocheni Agricultural Research Institute (MARI), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Peter SseruwagiMikocheni Agricultural Research Institute (MARI), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Samuel KiarieDepartment of Horticulture, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Nairobi, Kenya.
Timothy MakoriDepartment of Horticulture, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4482-9729
Monica A KehoeDepartment of Primary Industries and Regional Development, DPIRD Diagnostic Laboratory Services, South Perth, WA, Australia.
Laura M BoykinSchool of Molecular Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, WA, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6101-1921
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology · KEMikocheni Agricultural Research Institute · TZDepartment of Primary Industries and Regional Development · AUNational Agricultural Research Institute · UGThe University of Western Australia · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cassava is the main staple food for over 800 million people globally. Its production in eastern Africa is being constrained by two devastating Ipomoviruses that cause cassava brown streak disease (CBSD); Cassava brown streak virus (CBSV) and Ugandan cassava brown streak virus (UCBSV), with up to 100% yield loss for smallholder farmers in the region. To date, vector studies have not resulted in reproducible and highly efficient transmission of CBSV and UCBSV. Most virus transmission studies have used Bemisia tabaci (whitefly), but a maximum of 41% U/CBSV transmission efficiency has been documented for this vector. With the advent of next generation sequencing, researchers are generating whole genome sequences for both CBSV and UCBSV from throughout eastern Africa. Our initial goal for this study was to characterize U/CBSV whole genomes from CBSD symptomatic cassava plants sampled in Kenya. We have generated 8 new whole genomes (3 CBSV and 5 UCBSV) from Kenya, and in the process of analyzing these genomes together with 26 previously published sequences, we uncovered the aphid transmission associated DAG motif within coat protein genes of all CBSV whole genomes at amino acid positions 52-54, but not in UCBSV. Upon further investigation, the DAG motif was also found at the same positions in two other Ipomoviruses: Squash vein yellowing virus (SqVYV), Coccinia mottle virus (CocMoV). Until this study, the highly-conserved DAG motif, which is associated with aphid transmission was only noticed once, in SqVYV but discounted as being of minimal importance. This study represents the first comprehensive look at Ipomovirus genomes to determine the extent of DAG motif presence and significance for vector relations. The presence of this motif suggests that aphids could potentially be a vector of CBSV, SqVYV and CocMov. Further transmission and ipomoviral protein evolutionary studies are needed to confirm this hypothesis.

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AnimalsGenome, ViralHemipteraHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingInsect VectorsKenyaManihotMolecular Sequence AnnotationPhylogenyPlant DiseasesPotyviridaeUganda

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